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Sweet And Spicy Chicken Lo Mein

The sweet and spicy chicken lo mein is cooked with chinese noodles with chicken breasts. Prepared with a sauce of soy sauce and molasses with rice wine vinegar, the noodles are toosed with vegetables like ginger root, onions, red pepper and snow peas with cilantro for a fresh and spicy taste.

Ingredients

Linguine/Chinese noodles

1 Pound (500 gram)

Chicken breast boneless skinless

1 Pound, thinly sliced

Soy sauce

15 Milliliter (1 tablespoon)

Cornstarch

15 Milliliter (1 tablespoon)

For sauce

Homemade chicken stock/Water

250 Milliliter

Rice vinegar

75 Milliliter (1/3 cup)

Soy sauce

45 Milliliter (3 tablespoon)

Rice wine

25 Milliliter (2 tablespoon)

Brown sugar

45 Milliliter (3 tablespoon)

Molasses

25 Milliliter (2 tablespoon)

Sesame oil

15 Milliliter (1 tablespoon)

For cooking

Vegetable oil

15 Milliliter (1 tablespoon)

Garlic

3 Clove (15 gm), finely chopped

Chopped ginger root

15 Milliliter (1 tablespoon, fresh)

Green onions

5 , chopped

Hot chili paste

1 Teaspoon

Leek/Small onion

1 , trimmed and thinly sliced

Carrot

1 , grated

Sweet red pepper

1 , thinly sliced

Snow peas

1⁄4 Pound, sliced (125 gram)

Chopped fresh cilantro

50 Milliliter (1/4 cup)

Directions

Bring large pot of water to boil.
Add Chinese noodles and cook for 2 minutes.
(If you are using regular linguine, cook until tender but firm.) Rinse with cold water and drain well Meanwhile, in bowl, combine chicken with soy sauce and cornstarch.
Reserve.
To make sauce, combine all sauce ingredients in bowl and reserve.
Just before serving, heat vegetable oil in wok or large, deep non-stick skillet.
Add chicken and stir-fry just until it loses i raw appearance.
Add garlic, ginger, green onions and chili paste.
Stir-fry for 1 minute.
Add leek, carrot and red pepper.
Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, just until vegetables wilt.
Stir up sauce and add to skillet.
Bring to boil.
Cook for 1 minute.
Add snow peas and noodles.
Toss well to reheat.
Add cilantro.
Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.